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Abbie Hoffman
Sign in to saveAlso known as Abbie Hoffmann, Abbott Hoffman, Abbott Howard Hoffman, America Hoffman, Abbott "Abbie" Hoffman, Barry Freed, Abbot Howard Hoffman
American activist (1936–1989)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 20
Top works
- The "Steal yourself right" Book
- Steal This Book
- Fuck the system
- Eliminate Addiction
- The "steal yourself rich" book
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Film & TV
Acting · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement. As a member of the Chicago Seven, Hoffman was charged with and tried―for activities during the 1968 Democratic National Convention―for…
Known for
- Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon — Self (archive footage)2020
- WBCN and the American Revolution — Self (archive footage)2019
- TVTV: Video Revolutionaries — Self2018
- Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune — Self (archive footage)2011
- American Swing — Self (archive footage/uncredited)2009
- My Dinner with Abbie — Himself1990
- Heavy Petting — Self1989
- Growing Up in America — Self1989
- The Last Debate — Himself1986
- My Name is Abbie — Self1981
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1936
- Active to
- 1989
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,710
- Total plays
- 8,470
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Abbott Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party ("Yippies"), and later, a fugitive from the law, who lived under an alias following a conviction for dealing cocaine. Hoffman came to prominence in the 1960s, but practiced most of his activism in the 1970s, and has remained a symbol of the youth rebellion of that decade. Prior to his days as a leading figure of the Yippie move
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Comprehensive Integration of Single-Cell Data
· 2019 · cited 14,827x
- Integrated analysis of multimodal single-cell data
· 2021 · cited 14,388x
- Integrating single-cell transcriptomic data across different conditions, technologies, and species
· 2018 · cited 12,605x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,812x
- Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans
· 2016 · cited 8,988x
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Quotes
- “The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.”
- “All you kiddies remember to lay off the needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.”
- “In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you're selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!”
- “I feel like a famous Indian Chief of the Fagowee nations, who led his tribe for 40 years in the desert amidst starvation, hunger, famine, strife, plague — finally staggered up to the top of this mountain, drug crazed, looked out and pounded his chest and said, "Where the fuck are we? Where the fuck are we?"”
- “I only regret that I have but one shirt to give for my country.”
- “If this guy is God, then this is the God that the United States of America deserves.”
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- abbiehoffman.org
- Image
- Anita Hoffman with son.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1936-11-30
- date of death
- 1989-04-12
- Commons category
- Abbie Hoffman
- birth name
- Abbot Howard Hoffman
- pseudonym
- Barry Freed
- name in native language
- Abbie Hoffman
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